OOPs! *All thirty nine Republicans voted no. Every single one. One Hunfdred per cent no. * ** *Only FOUR out of fifty nine democrats voted no. A very small percentage. * **** *Your twisted pretzel logic is illogical, and your math is fuzzy.*
On 9/21/10, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Then who was the other vote. You have accounted for 42 votes and > there were 43. BTW the twisted pretzel logic I mentioned earlier with > regard to Susan Collins is precisely what she gave as her reason for voting > against the bill. Talk to Harry Reid. It was his doing that lost her > vote. Nothing twisted pretzel. The Republicans asked very nicely to > open the bill up for amendments and were turned down. They also asked very > nicely to hold off until the Pentagon finished their analysis which is due > on Dec 1 and were turned down. Two very good reasons to vote against the > bill. You are only interested in the DADT part of the bill. Do you have > any idea of what else is in that bill? If it were passed then what would > be the total consequences of passing it. DADT would be gone but what else > would be involved. After all the Dems are past masters of shoving all > kinds of things into bills that they expect will pass with no problem such > as military expenditure bills. Or the 1099 rules that are included in the > Obamacare bill. What do 1099 rules have to do with HCR. Same with this > one. Tell us from all your knowledge just what all is included in this bill > and what the ramifications of passing them would be. > > > On 09/21/2010 05:04 PM, Tommy News wrote: > > *All thirty nine Republicans voted no. Every single one. One Hunfdred per > cent no. * > ** > *Only three out of fifty nine democrats voted no. A very small percentage. > * > **** > *Your twisted pretzel logic is illogical, and your math is fuzzy.* > > > On 9/21/10, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Tommy still tries to blame the Republicans but the Republicans do not have >> enough members to stop the bill. It requires Dems to vote NO in order to >> stop the bill. If the Dems were to do their usual vote in lock-step then >> it would have passed. It did not so therefore the Dems doomed the bill. >> >> >> On 09/21/2010 04:35 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE wrote: >> >>> I do have to agree with Tommy on this one though..... "Shame on >>> the.... 'Democratically controlled'.... Senate". >>> >>> On Sep 21, 1:59 pm, Keith In Tampa<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Note how Tom has picked up on the daily far left spin today: >>>> >>>> *"This likely means the policy will stay in place, and that it could >>>> take >>>> many more years to repeal the failed Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, which >>>> has >>>> ruined thousands of lives and careers and could now ruin thousands more >>>> after this disappointing vote. Shame on the Senate" >>>> * >>>> >>>> ** >>>> ** >>>> * >>>> >>>> * >>>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 3:37 PM, dick thompson<[email protected] >>>> >wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> That is still not enough to doom the bill. The ones who finished the >>>>> dooming had to have been Dems. And at that Harry Reid has to share the >>>>> blame. Did you think that the Republicans for the most part were >>>>> voting >>>>> no because they felt that the Pentagon needed to finish their study of >>>>> how >>>>> to implement the repeal of DADT? The blame is therefore on Reid for >>>>> trying >>>>> to shove this bill through without any idea of how to implement the >>>>> repeal. How do you set up the troops so that the gays do not get the >>>>> krep >>>>> kicked out of them. Do you allow mixed sex barracks now? Do you >>>>> separate >>>>> gays and non-gays? How do you punish those who break the new rules. >>>>> What >>>>> would the punishment be and where would it occur. Do you just think >>>>> Tinker >>>>> Bell can pluck her magic twanger and make it all happen with no >>>>> problems? >>>>> Will you take responsibility for any problems that occur? No, all you >>>>> want >>>>> to do is blame anyone who does not march in lockstep with Tommy News >>>>> and his >>>>> policies and call them names. Pathetic! >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 09/21/2010 03:28 PM, Tommy News wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> *Every single Republican voted no. They are all to blame.* >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 9/21/10, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Let's see - the Harry Reid policy of not allowing more than one >>>>>> amendment on the bill chased the one Republican they had, Susan >>>>>> Collins, >>>>>> away. That still left some Dems voting against the bill. Who were >>>>>> they. >>>>>> Why not mention them since they are the ones who doomed the bill. The >>>>>> Dems >>>>>> had the 60 they needed if they got all their members to vote for them. >>>>>> Don't blame the Republicans for this one. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> On 09/21/2010 03:14 PM, Tommy News wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> *Bad news: Senate Blocks DADT Repeal Amendment in 56-43 cloture vote * >>>>>> ** >>>>>> *(4 votes short of the 60 votes needed for cloture and repeal)* >>>>>> ** >>>>>> *This likely means the policy will stay in place, and that it could >>>>>> take >>>>>> many more years to repeal the failed Don't Ask Don't Tell policy, >>>>>> which has >>>>>> ruined thousands of lives and careers and could now ruin thousands >>>>>> more >>>>>> after this disappointing vote. Shame on the Senate. * >>>>>> ** >>>>>> *Senator John McCain gave a thumbs up on the Senate floor after the >>>>>> vote. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> * >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >>>>>> Have a great day, >>>>>> Tommy >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>>> For options& help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community >>>>> athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>>> <http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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Register and vote in our polls. >>>>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Tommy -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options& help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community >>>>> athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>> <http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>> For options& help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> * Visit our other community >>>>> athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>> <http://www.politicalforum.com/> >>>>> * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. >>>>> * Read the latest breaking news, and more. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at >> http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> * It's active >> and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the >> latest breaking news, and more. >> > > > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > -- Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. 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